CVE-2008-4491

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Apple Mail.app 3.5 on Mac OS X, when "Store draft messages on the server" is enabled, stores draft copies of S/MIME email in plaintext on the email server, which allows server owners and remote man-in-the-middle attackers to read sensitive mail.

Affected products

Apple Mail: 3.5

References

http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021019
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45688
http://enablesecurity.com/2008/10/03/apple-mailapp-security-advisory/
http://resources.enablesecurity.com/advisories/apple-mailapp-smime.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4363
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497057/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31598

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